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An Indianapolis teen and another man convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for their roles in a planned beatdown that
ended with a fatal gunshot will be freed after the Indiana Supreme Court reversed their convictions and ordered them acquitted.

Opponents of the Town of Brownsburg's planned annexation of 4,461 acres to its north prevailed before the Indiana Court of
Appeals Friday. The court ruled the trial judge erred in determining he lacked subject matter jurisdiction to determine whether
the residents' remonstrance petition was valid.

Indiana lawmakers say they're looking for more changes at the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles after an independent audit
found numerous troubles and that the agency might have overcharged motorists more than the $60 million previously disclosed.

The Indiana Supreme Court by a vote of 3-2 decided this week to not take the case of a man who sued for medical malpractice
those who treated his now-deceased wife. The lower court and Court of Appeals found no existence of a physician-patient relationship
between the on-call hospital specialist and the wife, the issue that caused two justices to dissent.

The Office of the Indiana Attorney General has created the Victim Services and Outreach Division to focus resources on victims
of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other vulnerable victims, the office announced Thursday.

Deciding an issue of first impression stemming from a fire that heavily damaged the Jefferson County courthouse in 2009, the
Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday decided Indiana should follow the "any insurance" approach in deciding when property owners
waive subrogation rights in certain cases. In doing so, the justices rejected the "work versus non-work" approach that the
Court of Appeals has used.

The Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission will not be interviewing the eight applicants for a Court of Appeals vacancy next
week, as originally announced. The interviews will now take place sometime in June.

After the House of Representatives' lopsided bipartisan vote to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection
of Americans' phone records, the Senate is under considerable pressure to pass a similar measure. If it doesn't, lawmakers
risk letting the authority to collect the records expire June 1, along with other important counterterrorism provisions.

The chairman for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians who are seeking to build a casino in South Bend said Wednesday a new
law approved by the General Assembly prevents Gov. Mike Pence from negotiating in good faith with the tribe on a compact,
voiding the need for such an agreement.

A southern Indiana attorney has been suspended for violating several professional conduct and discipline rules after he failed
to adequately manage his trust account and neglected a client’s case, among other actions constituting misconduct.

The Indiana Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a mother’s misdemeanor battery conviction for hitting her daughter
nearly 20 times with a belt after previous discipline did not stop the teen from communicating with boys on social media.

A Marion County teen’s constitutional rights were not violated when a police officer responding to a report of a teen
in a black hooded sweatshirt with a gun opened a similar sweatshirt next to the teen and found a gun, the Indiana Court of
Appeals held Wednesday.

A Lake County court erred when it relied on a local rule to determine that five out-of-state attorneys should not be granted
pro hac vice admission because the party seeking their admission could potentially hire capable Indiana attorneys to provide
the franchise law work, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Although the Grant County assessor was authorized to assess two subject properties under I.C. 6-1.1-9-1, which allows for
retroactive assessment, the assessor did not give the taxpayer sufficient notice of certain assessments, the Indiana Tax Court
ruled Tuesday.

The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a man's argument that he was entitled to three separate trials on the allegations
he molested his three granddaughters. In doing so, two justices said they believe the Supreme Court needs to give more guidance
on motions to sever.

Because a Marion Superior Court judge's remarks and conduct in their cumulative effect breached the court's duty of impartiality
and amounted to coercion of a 17-year-old girl's father to admit she was a child in need of services, the Indiana Supreme
Court reversed the CHINS adjudication.

About 40 attorneys from midsized, general practice law firms around the country and a handful of global lawyers will gather
for the Legal Netlink Alliance spring convention beginning Thursday in Indianapolis.

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed that landowners in Wells County who lived next to property that will house wind turbines
were not prejudiced by the zoning decision to allow the project to proceed.

The Indiana Court of Appeals has issued a new opinion in its decision involving a man charged with murder who sought to be
released on bail, but was denied. The judges again held that James Satterfield should be allowed to present evidence of self-defense
at a new bail hearing.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles lacks oversight, uses a complex fee schedule that leads to inconsistent charges for the
same transactions and may have overcharged motorists more than previously disclosed, according to an independent audit released
Monday.